Ryan P. Evans

No more nights in Rodanthe

// // Hatteras

Rodanthe is the northern most town that makes up the Tri-villages on the north end of Hatteras island.

‘Nights in Rodanthe’ is a terrible movie that Richard Gere and Diane Lane starred in… it got a 23% on RottenTomatoes.com

The house that the film was shot in was located in a high beach erosion area. Thus, after two years of Nor’easters the sand dunes in front of the house were washed back to the road and Serendipity sat in the shore break at high tide. After being declared a public nuisance by the state, and being a hazard to surf or kite near, the house ended up being bought by some Bail Bondsman!?! This guy thought the house had “nostalgia”… and bought Serendipity for a half million dollars!

So, with the house purchased and the ocean going nowhere but up, the house had to be moved. This past Friday was planned as the big move day… the owners even went as far as to bring in the same team that moved the mega tall and heavy Cape Hatteras Lighthouse a few years back. After hitting a few snags the moving company was delayed past the time they had been permitted to move the house (turns out you can’t move an 83,000 lbs house on a public street after dark!?!).

Now the house is once again stuck in limbo. Its been pulled from its foundation and now sits 50ft closer to Highway 12, but it can’t be moved until Monday. To make matters worse there is a Nor’easter that will hit this weekend. We’ll have to see if the house, and the tractor trailer which it now sits atop, can make it through this next chapter in its histroy.

Here are some photos I took on Friday along with a video clip of the house being moved 50ft.